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we also have news that a woman -- paula broodwell -- this again is nbc reporting, it was under an fbi investigation over accessing his email, whatever that means. so jeanine you have covered him. he was sort of the golden boy of generals, certainly. he seemed to have a stellar reputation. what kind of bomb shell is this? >> it is huge. he is one of the most important military personnel of your generation. he dealt with everything from the crisis in syria, to crisis in israel with drone strikes. he has been the front man on all of these issues. >> jennifer: so let's talk first about the -- the whys and the times of this. this is a friday afternoon, some in the far-right press are suspicious that the timing suggests that there was some fear about him testifying relating to benghazi, there is an investigation and hearing scheduled for next week. do you think this has to do with that? >> no. he has handled a lot more difficult issues than benghazi. he would have been able to handle that. i think it's a separate issue that somebody needed to take responsibility for the benghazi thing early
we also have news that a woman -- paula broodwell -- this again is nbc reporting, it was under an fbi investigation over accessing his email, whatever that means. so jeanine you have covered him. he was sort of the golden boy of generals, certainly. he seemed to have a stellar reputation. what kind of bomb shell is this? >> it is huge. he is one of the most important military personnel of your generation. he dealt with everything from the crisis in syria, to crisis in israel with drone...
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the fbi learned that the e-mails were coming from broadwell, and they interviewed paula broadwell and general petraeus, and they admitted that they were having an affair with each other. they said that the affair went on after he left the military. if it went on during military duty he could be prosecuted in military courts. they also looked at whether broadwell leaked confidential information. she gave a speech in october and its getting particular attention because she suggested that the attacks on the libyan consulate were retaliation for the united states taking libyans hostage. >> i don't know if you a lot of you heard this, but the c.i.a. had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner, and they believe that the attack on the consulate was because of that. he's not been able to communicate with the press. he has known all of this. >> jennifer: hmm. so the c.i.a. called those statements uninformed and basils but itbaseless. she said she later heard that stuff on fox news but fox news never reported it. so then tonight a local north carolina news station reported several fbi
the fbi learned that the e-mails were coming from broadwell, and they interviewed paula broadwell and general petraeus, and they admitted that they were having an affair with each other. they said that the affair went on after he left the military. if it went on during military duty he could be prosecuted in military courts. they also looked at whether broadwell leaked confidential information. she gave a speech in october and its getting particular attention because she suggested that the...
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and upon receiving broadwell's e-mails, kelley contacted the fbi which began investigating. now, jill kelley also has hired crisis communications expert judy smith. she has worked with monica lewinsky with kobe bryant and with former senator larry craig. and that all has a lot of folks scratching their heads. why would a woman who was the target of a nasty e-mail or two need a reputation fixer? well, it turns out that while investigating petraeus, the fbi uncovered 20,000 to 30,000 potentially inappropriate pages of documents mostly e-mails that kelley exchanged with general john allen. and who is general john allen? he is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan and he is the man who's nominated to be the supreme leader of nato. as you can imagine that, nomination was put on hold in light of all of these allegations. for the record, general allen denies any inappropriate relationship with kelley and these e-mails are described as flirtatious. so reaction to this unfolding and unbelievable drama is coming in from all sides a senior official close to general allen said of jill k
and upon receiving broadwell's e-mails, kelley contacted the fbi which began investigating. now, jill kelley also has hired crisis communications expert judy smith. she has worked with monica lewinsky with kobe bryant and with former senator larry craig. and that all has a lot of folks scratching their heads. why would a woman who was the target of a nasty e-mail or two need a reputation fixer? well, it turns out that while investigating petraeus, the fbi uncovered 20,000 to 30,000 potentially...
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you don't do an fbi background check because these guys are not going into the security service but you do have to do a political billion check. campaign will do that. do they have any past criminal record? have they ever beaten their wife, you know? are they in arrears or child support. so you play defense. you start with an idea of where you are going in a battleground state, what message you want to send and the state campaign staff takes over and creates the event. >> the house is taken over for you know days in advance. >> let me tell you. the secret service shows up a week before hand and leave a couple after. >> democratic strategist donnie fowler. up next, there is no other way to put it. if republican voters follow through on their threats to opt out of the health care reform, they are going to be putting lives and hospitals in danger. we are going to get into that right after the break. >> here is the scary thought: what would happen if there were no hospitals able to take care of the uninsured the poorest, the most vulnerable? >> exactly what could happen if republican govern
you don't do an fbi background check because these guys are not going into the security service but you do have to do a political billion check. campaign will do that. do they have any past criminal record? have they ever beaten their wife, you know? are they in arrears or child support. so you play defense. you start with an idea of where you are going in a battleground state, what message you want to send and the state campaign staff takes over and creates the event. >> the house is...
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[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: one of the weirder stories from the weekend, the fbi was investigating a congressional trip to israel that ended up with one republican lawmaker skinny dipping in the sea of galilee. now politico reported what was supposed to be a fact-finding trip for g.o.p. freshmen took a detour after a night of partying and drinking. it all happened, by the way last summer right after the debt ceiling debate that caused the u.s. credit rating to go down for the first time in history. not great timing. kevin representative kevin yoder was one of the members of congress and staffer who made the late night swim. he was the only one to be fully naked. he told the kansas city star, i feel incredibly remorseful, that i have caused embarrassment to my constituents. here to discuss the political news of the day we have former chief of staff for governor schwarzenegger susan kennedy and democrat strategic paul henderson. >> i have a confession, i went skinny dipping in the sea of of galilee. no members of the can knesset were involved. >> jennifer: you went skinny dipping. >>
[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: one of the weirder stories from the weekend, the fbi was investigating a congressional trip to israel that ended up with one republican lawmaker skinny dipping in the sea of galilee. now politico reported what was supposed to be a fact-finding trip for g.o.p. freshmen took a detour after a night of partying and drinking. it all happened, by the way last summer right after the debt ceiling debate that caused the u.s. credit rating to go down for the...
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why in the hell is the fbi investigating a lover's quarrel. >> jennifer: another person implicated in this, general john allen. do you know him. >> i do, another unusually general. this is another tragedy. these are our successful outlying generals and the military will take away see these guys are so smart ph.d princeton, petraeus, john allen deeply studied the middle east. >> jennifer: what happens next to john allen. he has denied it so someone will do some sort of investigation presumably. >> i'm so out of predictions. i actually thought the red sox would have a good team this year. i've given up. my wife keeps telling me, remember, more things could come out. >> jennifer: he's been so clear that it wasn't something that he had crossed line on. so presumably he wouldn't be so clear. he knows the investigation turn up one way or another. >> i still don't understand why we're going through people's e-mail. >> jennifer: a final question, do you think that we spend too much time, i mean, in your book you talk about this a bit. propping up the generals as icons when perhaps they are no
why in the hell is the fbi investigating a lover's quarrel. >> jennifer: another person implicated in this, general john allen. do you know him. >> i do, another unusually general. this is another tragedy. these are our successful outlying generals and the military will take away see these guys are so smart ph.d princeton, petraeus, john allen deeply studied the middle east. >> jennifer: what happens next to john allen. he has denied it so someone will do some sort of...
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the fbi said memphis is the fifth most dangerous city in the united states. our next guest is determined to and making it his mission to turn memphis around. mayor a.c. wharton has been in office since 2009, and he comes to us tonight from memphis. become to "the war room." >> thank you for having me tonight. >> jennifer: we've been talking about what romney presidency would mean to the country. he'd like to slash social programs and aid to states. who what would you tell him how those kinds of cuts would impact a city like memphis? >> i would stress the unintended consequences. when you began cutting programs like the workforce investment, which you're taking individual who is are basically unemployable giving them the skills they need to be in a productive cycle. the unintended consequences is you're knocking them out of the employment right away. the cuts in healthcare will take the safety nets from hospitals which are barely surviving now and put them in a death spiral. there are so many things that i heard your prior guest, infant mortality, so many unin
the fbi said memphis is the fifth most dangerous city in the united states. our next guest is determined to and making it his mission to turn memphis around. mayor a.c. wharton has been in office since 2009, and he comes to us tonight from memphis. become to "the war room." >> thank you for having me tonight. >> jennifer: we've been talking about what romney presidency would mean to the country. he'd like to slash social programs and aid to states. who what would you tell...